Police: Boy, 8, Struck And Killed By Tractor-Trailer In Queens

His sister ran home to get their parents, while two women who work at the school tried to help him, witnesses said. Nahian was taken to the Elmhurst Hospital Center where he was pronounced dead, Young reported.

Many who live and work nearby say it is a dangerous intersection.

“I don’t know why they don’t have a crossing guard at that light,” one man told WCBS 880’s Jim Smith.

“A lot of trucks, a lot of traffic, a lot of speeding up and down these blocks,” another man told 1010 WINS’ Al Jones. “It’s dangerous. This road is very dangerous.”

The truck driver, Mauricio Osorio-Palominos, 51, was driving with a suspended license, police said. He was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and operating a vehicle in violation of safety rules.